Fastening for strings, cords, &amp;c.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON S. NICHOLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FASTENING FOR STRINGS, CORDS, 80.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 673.472, dated May 7, 1901.

Application filed December 13, 1900. Serial No. 39,732. kNo model.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON S. NICHOLS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Strings, Cords, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for securing the ends of strings, cords, ropes, 850., without tying them.

The device consists of a block or holder having a slot in which the string, cord, or rope may be inserted and a cap forsuch holder adapted both to confine the string, 850., in the slot and to form a bight therein which will offer resistance to any lengthwise strain coming upon the string. The construction set forth of the holder and cap is the one now preferred by me and will be fully understood from the description hereunder given and from the illustrations thereof in the accompanying drawings, in which latter- Figure l is a perspective of a shoe provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan of the invention, showing a shoestring positioned therein preparatory to .being secured. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device with the parts in the position of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan showing the fastener closed upon the string, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the device as in Fig. 4:.

In said drawings, 6 represents a shoestring, though it may represent any other string or cord or even a rope, though the device perhaps would seldom be used with large rope. The holder or block of the fastener is shown at 7 and is adapted to be secured to the shoe 8 or other object by which the fastener is carried or supported. It is preferably circular in outline, and on its outer face a slot 9 extends across it, in which the string is inserted, as shown at Fig. 2, the slot conforming to some extent at least to the size of the string used with the device.

Upon the holder 7 a cap 10 is movably secured. This cap extends part way around the holder, and its vertical flange 11 extends below the slot and is preferably turned under the outer edge of the holder, as seen at 12. It is also preferably pivoted centrally to the holder, as at 13, or otherwise adapted to be moved around the holder from the position of Figs. 2 and 3 to that of Figs. 4 and 5. A sufficient space 14.- is left between the flange 11 and the edge of the holder to give room to the string, which is carried into the same when the bight is formed in the spring or cord.

It will be seen from the construction above described that after the string has been inserted in the slot 9 the cap may be turned so as not only to cover the slot, and thus confine the string therein, but also so the flange will carry the free end of the string into the space 14, and thus form a bight which will resist any lengthwise strain upon the string. The string will be thus held so long as the cap remains in the position of Fig. 4:; but it is easily and instantly released by merely taking hold of its free end and drawing it against the end of the flange 11 with sufficient power to move the cap back to the position of Fig. 2.

While the invention has been devised more especially for use on shoes, it will be understood that it may be used elsewhere and made in sizes conforming to the size of the rope or cord to be fastened by it.

The fastener is attached to the shoe in any suitable wayas, for instance, by extending the pivot 13 through the shoe and providing it with branching prongs 15. The bottom of the holder is recessed, as at 16, so these prongs may force the leather into the recess, and thus prevent the holder from turning.

I claim- 1. The fastener for shoestrings consisting of a slotted holder secured to the shoe, and a device mounted on and movable around the holder and serving both to confine the string in the slot of the holder and to form a bight in the end of the string, substantially as specified.

2. The fastener for shoestrings, consisting of a slotted holder attached to the shoe, and a device movable upon the holder and serving to close the top of the slot and having a flange setting around the holder and forming a bight in the end of the string, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a shoe of a fastener for holding the string consisting of a circular slotted holder receiving the string, and a device for retaining the string in the holder, said device being inovably attached to the holder and having a flange extending outside the holder and below the slot, sub-- stantially'as specified.

4;. The combination With a circular slotted holder adapted to be secured to the shoe, of a device partially inolosing the holder at the top and on the edge and movable around the same and acting to confine the string'in the slot of the holder and to form a bight in the string around the edge of the holder, substanro tially as specified.

5. The combination with a shoe of a fastening for the string, consisting of a holder se cured to the shoe andhaving aslot for the Witnesses:

H.M. MUNDAY, EDW. S. EVARTS. 

